I don't really think that I need to tell you just how much that I love the show that i'm going to be talking about today as i've talked about this show quite alot now. However it still needs hitting home just how much that I love this show because it's a show that I actively look forward to talk about and so then join me as I review the episode that brought the first series of this really and truly fantastic show to a close with the episode in question being called simply just "The Scarecrow Hop" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when Aunt Sally is let go from her job at the big house Worzel takes it upon himself to cheer his beloved up. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the episodes plot being really entertaining when it needs to be and really very engaging and thought provoking when it wants to be as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Jon Pertwee as Worzel Gummidge , Una Stubbs as Aunt Sally and Jeremy Austin as John Peters. Also starring in this episode is Geoffrey Bayldon as The Crowman , Mike Berry as Mr. Peters , Norman Bird as Mr. Braithwaite , Charlotte Coleman as Sue Peters , Denis Gilmore as Harry , Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Braithwaite , Norman Mitchell as P.C. Parsons , Bill Pertwee as The M.C , Michael Ripper as Mr. Shepherd and Joan Sims as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Which for this series let alone this show isn't something that's all that new as every single episode of this has always had some really good acting in it and the actors are helped by the episodes wonderful script and so all the cast have to do is just say the words as they are written and boom a good performance will come out naturally.
This episode is very a good example of Worzel being a kind person as he takes Aunt Sally to a local dance just because he wants to cheer her up. This just goes to show just how kind of a character that Worzel has grown to become as the Worzel that we meet at the start of the series wouldn't do anything like that and yet due to the things that he;s gone through over the course of the series he's become more kind and has now started showing that kindness to the person in the whole entire show who isn't kind to anybody but herself.
For some strange reason on the recent DVD and Blu-ray release of the series that I own they turn Worzel's skin orange for one small scene in this episode. Which was something that I found to be very distracting and if it was just limited to this episode it wouldn't be to bad but this is the second time in this one series that i've seen this come up and so I have to wonder what happened when they were restoring this show that caused characters to change their skin color as it's something that is very distracting.
What I really loved about this episode is that it not only mentions the previous episode with the ending of that episode being the driving force behind this episodes event but it also mentions the third episode of the show as well. This does provide the series with a sense of continuity and world building that you just don't get to see any kind of TV programmes these days but on the flip side of that it is something that I could very easily see putting of and and all new fans of this show as well as it would mean having to watch basically an hours worth of programming just to understand a few lines of dialog in this episode.
If you thought that this episode was going to end it's first series on happy note then I have some bad news for you. As it actually ends on what might be considered a sad note but it's how it ends that makes this series stand out as we find out that it's when she's in her attic that Aunt Sally dreams her dreams of marrying a rich royal and it's when Worzel is on his pole that he dreams his dreams this was on oddly poignant ending for a show whose first series episodes often ended in an upbeat way and it's an ending that I really did love as it really does show that the hero doesn't always get the girl and sometimes just because you did the right thing doesn't mean that you get to have a happy ending.
Now then while I cannot for the absolutely life of me remember whatever this episodes running time even was I do know that this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of roughly twenty four minuets. Which is pretty much the bog standard running time for this show and while this episode does make the most of it's running time I do wish that this episode was just a tad big longer just so the more emotional ending could have more of an impact and you could have had more scenes at the dance hall just because those were some really fun and funny scenes but if you did that then you'd end up messing with this episodes pacing as this episode does have some really good pacing to it.
So now then since this is a comedy that means that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With this episode having some really funny moments in it but at the same time there were also alot of of jokes that just straight up didn't land as well as they should have done in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a really solid end to a great first series of this truly wonderful show that truly does show you just what this show can be like when it's at it's absolute best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 9 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Amazon . Co . Uk , Wikipedia and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.